Marxism and African literary studies today

Abstract

This introduction to the special issue, ‘Marxism and African Literatures: New Interventions,’ argues for the continued relevance of Marxist approaches within African literary studies. After a discussion of the place of Marxism in the field today, a brief history of important Marxist interventions is provided, with particular attention paid to works by Omafume F. Onoge, Biodun Jeyifo, George M. Gugelberger, and Chidi Amuta. Against this background, the nine essays (and one afterword) contained in this issue are introduced. © 2020, © 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.